CHAPTER 4: MAKING STRIDES WITH THE PARTNER
Figure 5: Partner archetype and shadows
Most of us, clients and auditors alike, do not view auditors as partners. Whenwe do, we are more likely to think of audit partners, owners joined by their pooled interest in the audit firm, rather than individuals with whom we can form strong symbiotic relations. In fact, the archetypes covered earlier – Skeptic, Sleuth, and Protector – are more likely used to characterize an auditor. Auditors are often perceived to be a stuffy lot, more at home with sifting and cataloging control paraphernalia than driving any real change or improvement in how things work. Yet, ...
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